I've told him to cut off his ponytail. I think it makes him less aerodynamic.

Sometimes I see it [a foul by an Arsenal player], but I say that I didn’t see it to protect the players and because I could not find any rational explanation for what they did.

When you represent a club it's about values and qualities, not about passports.

I'm not scared to spend money. If you go out with me one night, you will understand that.

When you're dealing with someone who only has a pair of underpants on, if you take his underpants off, he has nothing left - he's naked. You're better off trying to find him a pair of trousers to complement him rather than change him.

If you want to win a horse race, you need your horse to be 100%.

In some ways England is more liberal than France, but I also find it more intrusive. But when you go abroad you have to accept the ways of where you live. I have to respect that.